[#408634] How do I make lots of classes aware of each other? — "Andrew S." <lists@...>

I'm apparently missing something fundamental in my knowledge of classes

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[#408712] Ruby web service with REST support — "Shubhada S." <lists@...>

Hi All,

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[#408812] create variables depending on counter — stefan heinrich <lists@...>

Hi community,

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[#408854] execute commands within SMTP email code: send content in variables and not actual variables — dJD col <lists@...>

I am trying to send an email using the code below. I am able to send the

9 messages 2013/07/10

[#409031] tap { break } idiom deserves its own Kernel method? — Andy Lowry <lists@...>

I use this idiom from time to time:

13 messages 2013/07/22

[#409072] Link To Masses Of External Data In Openoffice? — "Austin J." <lists@...>

This is what I want to do.

19 messages 2013/07/23
[#409102] Re: Link To Masses Of External Data In Openoffice? — Tamara Temple <tamouse.lists@...> 2013/07/24

[#409103] Re: Link To Masses Of External Data In Openoffice? — "Austin J." <lists@...> 2013/07/25

tamouse m. wrote in post #1116598:

[#409122] Re: Link To Masses Of External Data In Openoffice? — Tamara Temple <tamouse.lists@...> 2013/07/26

[#409142] Re: Link To Masses Of External Data In Openoffice? — "Austin J." <lists@...> 2013/07/26

tamouse m. wrote in post #1116750:

[#409073] class <=> module — Bráulio Bhavamitra <lists@...>

Hello all,

17 messages 2013/07/23

[#409104] Ruby newbie question on Methods (NoMethoderror) — "Crispian A." <lists@...>

I have recently started learning ruby and so I am writing a small little

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[#409170] Working through Ch.10 for learning to program 2.0 (Chris Pine) — JD JD <lists@...>

So, I have been working through this book, and have been doing ok up

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[#409195] Re: Working through Ch.10 for learning to program 2.0 (Chris Pine) — Harry Kakueki <list.push@...> 2013/07/29

I tried this and came up with a one-liner that seems to do it. It sorts the

[#409258] WATIR - ScriptError popup on IE - Unable to get rid of! — Graeme Halls <lists@...>

I am new to Ruby & Watir, and I am having a nightmare with IE and Script

11 messages 2013/07/31

Re: [ANN] Ruby mogilefs-client 3.7.0 released

From: Eric Wong <normalperson@...>
Date: 2013-07-18 23:18:27 UTC
List: ruby-talk #408975
Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:
> ZOMG WHY DON'T YOU USE GITHUB? IT IS SOOO MUCH EEEEEASIER

LOL.

Anyways, I've had many similar questions over the years but not
on ruby-talk, so here goes...


My distaste of corporate-controlled/single-vendor solutions is the
reason I'm involved with Free Software in the first place.  This
also extends to my interest/involvement with MogileFS.

I am very much a Free Software zealot[1]

GitHub adds proprietary features, and I cannot endorse that.

* their Pull Requests don't work with repos hosted outside of GitHub.
  git is supposed to be decentralized/distributed, yet GitHub ignores
  repos they don't host.

  As far as I know, these Pull Requests cannot even be disabled
  (unlike issues or wiki)

  The "git request-pull" command (in core git, but not well-known) works
  via email (or NNTP or anything) and does not care where the repo is
  (but it does ensure the correct branch is pushed)

* GitHub is a single point of failure.  I've seen users become so
  dependent on GitHub they lose the ability to use git (or even
  communicate(!)) without GitHub.

  GitHub supporters can say all they want about how git is still
  distributed, but folks still care and wonder why projects are not on
  GitHub.  So yes, that's enough indication folks depend too much
  features exclusive to GitHub.

  The value GitHub provides is not the repository hosting itself,
  but as a communications platform (which they control).

* the social network/graph is exclusive to their site, so non-GH-users
  are automatically second-class citizens.  This wouldn't be too bad
  if I could create a new account for every project, except...

* their ToS limits users to one account

  I believe identity is prismatic, even in the FOSS world.

  I hate having accomplishments/baggage being carried across projects.
  I maintain no personal webpage nor remotely-complete social networking
  profiles for this reason.  Fuck badges.


To their credit, GitHub has not yet introduced proprietary changes to
the data model of git; only extensions to the UIs.  And fortunately,
several GH-using projects I care about do accept patches and
pull-requests sent via email.


I don't know what the future holds.  Distributed/decentralized solutions
_are_ harder to use and maintain.  Also (at least in the US),
residential Internet access is not friendly towards self-hosting.

Even relying on mailing lists is a compromise and I wish for something
truly decentralized for communications.



[1] I'd never engage in campaigning style of the FSF, though

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